Tag Archives: Conventional Professional Investors

As I recall, I said at the beginning of 2011 that predictions are worthless, but if one takes an outsider’s view there is a 70% chance that the market’s total return will be positive in 2011 and that the most likely event … Continue reading →

Recent headlines from a popular news aggregation website: Germany told it must act to save Europe… Impassioned plea for continent to avoid ‘apocalypse’… Warned of ‘highly devastating outcomes’… Just days until collapse? It is hard to believe the US market … Continue reading →

I have added Hedge Fund Letters as a value investing resource even though some of the hedge fund managers there are not value investors. Most value investors who truly wish to be contrarian and invest only when there is a … Continue reading →

I am absolutely fascinated with the Tim Tebow story. Not the one about the vilified, overtly Christian athlete. No, I am fascinated with the countless stories of athletes like Tebow that experts said could not be successful, and then end up having one success … Continue reading →

Larry Fink of BlackRock is CNBC’s newest member of their “Masters of the Markets” club. “That and a dime will get you a phone call” was an expression used during the pay phone era to demonstrate that the recognition was … Continue reading →

The market is soaring today on the Greek bailout plan, or should we say the European bailout plan because, lest we forget, there are several more countries that still need a bailout. The plan is amusing to me, though I should … Continue reading →

I am working on a good post for the first “Counterfactual Friday.” Unfortunaltely it will probably not be posted until Monday. In the meantime enjoy the following: I have attached a link to a terrific article on power law distributions and … Continue reading →